Jose Manuel de Goyeneche

Jose Manuel de Goyeneche (12 June 1776-10 October 1846) was the Spanish commander-in-chief of the Royalist Army of Upper Peru from 1810 to 1812, succeeding Vicente Nieto and preceding Pio de Tristan.

Biography
Jose Manuel de Goyeneche was born in Arequipa, Viceroyalty of Peru in 1776, and he served in the Spanish Army after returning to Spain, where he twice defended Cadiz against the British. In 1808, he was sent as the Bourbon monarchy and Seville Junta's ambassador to the Viceroyalty of Peru and the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata to ensure their compliance to the Spanish king and to ask for support from the colonies in the struggle against France during the Peninsular War. Viceroy Jose Fernando de Abascal named Goyeneche Captain-General and President of the Real Audiencia of Cuzco, and he suppressed revolutionary forces at La Paz and executed a dozen of their leaders. He also battled the Platine rebels in the south, and he occupied the Upper Peruvian cities of La Paz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, and Potosi, re-establishing Spanish rule over what is now Bolivia. He resigned as commander in chief after his general Pio de Tristan was decisively defeated by the Platine revolutionaries, and he was substituted by Joaquin de la Pezuela.